Cross-Shaped Clock (Cleveland Museum of Art 1929.997)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1600
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1929.997: Cross-Shaped Clock, c. 1600. Urban Hörle (German). Gilt copper, steel, and rock crystal; overall: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm (2 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in.). Inscribed: inscribed: Urban Hörle, Mäyntz.. Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- gilt copper, steel, and rock crystal
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm (2 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
- Measurements
- Overall: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm (2 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
- Material and technique
- gilt copper, steel, and rock crystal
Design
- Inscription
- inscribed: Urban Hörle, Mäyntz.
Identification
- Date recorded
- c. 1600
- Culture period
- Germany, late 16th-early 17th Century
- Maker recorded
- Urban Hörle (German)
- Museum attribution
- Urban Hörle (German)
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1929.997
- Published references
- W. M. M. “Three Renaissance Watches.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 3 (March 1930): 31–39. Mentioned: P. 33; Reproduced: P. 35-36 · Milliken, William M. “Mr. Severance’s Gifts to the Museum.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 23, no. 2 (February 1936): 17–27. Mentioned: P. 26; Reproduced: P. 23
- Museum classification
- Jewelry
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, maker attribution and specifications against horological references.